DEA Programme | Associate Research Directors

International mobility programme for professors and senior researchers
Ongoing call
Deadline for application
Programme de mobilité Directeurs d'études assocités (DEA)

The DEA mobility programme allows international researchers from all continents to come and carry out their research (fieldwork, library, and archival work) in France for periods of 4 to 6 weeks.

Created in 1975, under the impetus of Fernand Braudel in agreement with the Secretary of State for Universities, the ‘Associate Directors of Studies’ (DEA) programme is the FMSH's longest-standing international mobility programme.

Many internationally renowned researchers have been invited as part of this programme, contributing to the construction and development of scientific cooperation networks and the promotion of French research abroad.

  • The program is intended exclusively for holders of university professorships or equivalent positions in higher education and research institutions.
  • Candidates must be under 65 years of age at the time of their stay.
  • Priority is given to projects requiring fieldwork (surveys, work in libraries or archives, etc.) in France.
  • Any application for the exclusive purpose of writing an article or a book will not be considered.

Since its creation in 1975, the DEA programme has supported more than 1,500 researchers.

Key figures per year

  • 3 calls
  • 60 mobilities
  • 200 000€ granted

Ongoing call

1 result

Associate Research Directors: DEA Programme

International mobility programme for professors and senior researchers
Programme de mobilité Directeurs d'études assocités (DEA)
Ongoing call

Grantees

Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha Chercheur DEA 2025

Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha

Invited researcher of the 2025 DEA Programme
Musa Sroor Chercheur invité DEA 2025

Musa Sroor

Invited researcher of the 2025 DEA Programme
Luana Antunes Costa chercheuse invitée DEA 2025

Luana Antunes Costa

Invited researcher of the 2025 DEA Programme
Carla Baptista Chercheuse invitée DEA 2025

Carla Baptista

Invited researcher of the 2025 DEA Programme
Padmanabah SAMARENDRA programme DEA 2025

Padmanabh Samarendra

Invited researcher of the 2025 DEA programme
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Activities

Les lauréats 2025 du programe de mobilité DEA
Actualité

2025 invited researchers from the DEA mobility programme

Discover the invited researchers of the "Associate Research Directors" mobility programme
Jeudis de Suger - Mésopotamie
Seminar

Mesopotamia. Kingdom of gods and demons

January 23 | Zoltan Niederreiter Seminar
Jeudis de Suger
Seminar

Writing History through Biographies

November 25 | Sangeeta Dasgupta Seminar
Repenser le roman
Workshop

Rethinking the novel from the perspective of Modernity

28 & 29 June | Workshop led by Risa Matsuo (Waseda University, Japan) and Lina Guo (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
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